That evening, Bai Qianmo originally planned to go home to find her Mr. Gu.
Unfortunately, her aunt called urgently, asking her to come back to the old house that night.
Dinner time
Bai Qianmo returned to the Bai family's old house.
In the old man's room, he was leaning against the bed, looking somewhat sleepy.
Bai Xinrou and her daughter Zhang Cuiyan stood by the bed, closest to the old man.
Bai Kangcheng, Bai Kangyan, Xu Hualan, Han Songyan, Bai Yitang, and Bai Luoyu, along with the rest of the Bai family, could only stand in the center of the room and listen to the old man's orders.
After Bai Qianmo entered the room, Xu Hualan reached out and pulled her aside.
"Aunt, what happened?"
Xu Hualan glanced at Old Master Bai and lowered her voice, saying, "I'm not too sure either. Your grandfather only said he called you back because he has something important to announce."
Bai Qianmo subconsciously frowned and glanced at Bai Xinrou and Zhang Cuiyan, mother and daughter.
Her intuition told her that this matter was probably related to Bai Xinrou.
"Qianmo, you're back!" The old man slowly opened his slightly lowered eyes, his cloudy eyes looking at Bai Qianmo.
"Grandpa!" Bai Qianmo walked to the bedside.
The old man forced a smile and listlessly turned the walnut in his hand.
Seeing Bai Lao's condition, Bai Qianmo suppressed her hatred and glanced at Bai Xinrou expressionlessly.
Bai Xinrou curled her lips in a provocative smile, then walked over and sat down next to Elder Bai.
"Grandpa Bai, now that everyone is here, you can announce anything important."
"Yes!" Old Master Bai nodded.
"I'm getting old, and there are some things I need to decide on sooner rather than later, such as the division of my assets..."
Upon hearing this, Bai Qianmo's mind went blank for a moment, and her heart tightened.
She immediately understood why Old Bai had asked her to come back after he had only spoken half of what he said.
Bai Xinrou and her daughter Zhang Cuiyan actually started fighting over their grandfather's property?
Haha, you've got some nerve.
"Dad, why are you bringing this up out of the blue?" Bai Kangcheng felt uneasy after hearing his father's words.
It sounds like he's making his final arrangements.
“Yes, Dad, you’re still in good health. It’s too early to talk about this,” Bai Kangyan added.
Old Bai raised his hand to stop them from continuing.
“I know my own body very well. I’m getting old and I feel like I’m getting worse every day. You’ve all done well and have your own businesses. The little bit of property I have is nothing to you. But I still want to sort things out as soon as possible and get to the bottom of things. It’s better for everyone.”
Now that Old Bai had said all that, everyone present fell silent.
Bai Qianmo asked, "Grandpa, how do you plan to divide it?"
Old Bai took out the things he had prepared in advance.
There are movable and immovable properties, a thick stack of them.
"I've looked at it. I own a total of six properties. Apart from this old house, I've already allocated the other five: one to Kang Cheng and his wife, one to Yi Tang, one to Kang Yan and his wife, one to Qian Mo, and one to Luo Yu. You have no objections, right?"
Originally, this division was quite fair.
Although the second wife's family had one more house than the first wife's family, the two families had a good relationship, and Xu Hualan was a reasonable person who didn't care about such things.
However, the old man singled out the existing house, which inevitably raises suspicions.
Bai Yitang, being straightforward, was the first to speak, asking, "Grandpa, what are your plans for the old house in the future?"
A glimmer of hope appeared on Bai Xinrou's and Zhang Cuilian's faces.
"I plan to leave this old house to Xinrou."
Upon hearing these words, the expressions of all the Bai family members present changed.
Bai Luoyu spoke first: "Grandpa, although Bai Xinrou also has the surname Bai, she has no blood relation to our Bai family. Besides, you haven't known Bai Xinrou for very long. What motivated you to give away a house worth hundreds of millions so easily?"
No normal person would do something like that.
Although Bai Luoyu didn't explicitly say what Bai Lao meant, it was clear that he felt the old man had probably lost his mind.
Otherwise, why would they give away their most expensive house to an outsider?
The Bai family's old residence is located within the Second Ring Road, less than a five-minute walk from the ancient imperial city. Ten years ago, the property prices in this area were already in the tens of millions, and there was still no market for it.
Now, ten years later, housing prices in the capital have increased at least fivefold, and the Bai family's old house is a typical three-courtyard house, belonging to the residence of a wealthy family in ancient times. Such a well-preserved house is now worth at least three to five hundred million yuan, and people who want to buy a house would be too ashamed to even ask for it.
Bai Yitang's eyes turned red with anger, and he glared fiercely at Bai Xinrou.
"Bai Xinrou, you're really greedy, aren't you? You've actually set your sights on the Bai family's most valuable house. Ha, do you never look in the mirror? You're an outsider with no blood relation to the Bai family, yet you dare to covet this house?"
"No, Yitang, you've really misunderstood me. I only just found out about Grandpa Bai dividing the family property, and I never imagined that Grandpa Bai would give me the old Bai family house."
Bai Xinrou looked aggrieved and turned to look at Old Bai.
“Grandpa Bai, I appreciate your kindness and know that you genuinely care about me and are worried that my mother and I won’t be able to live in the capital in the future. But this house is really too valuable. If I accept it, everyone in the Bai family will think that I bewitched you. So, please take it back.”
Old Bai gave a soft snort.
"I willingly gave the house to Xinrou. It's my private property. Do I need you two brats to tell me how to handle things?"
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